It would be a shame,Bell has improved a lot since the last Ashes series when he was a bunny basically.Hopefully it'll be ok i'm not sure Ed Joyce playing so early would be a good thing.
As for Harmy side strain think he'll be fit to play,although his form at the moment is bad he really does need to improve if we're going to stand any kind of chance.
We aren't alone re injuries at least,Shane Watson has pulled out of the first test,Michael Clarke[the Clarke who counts shopping as one of his hobbies,TART
]has been called up.